I run an AI-powered startup, and we canceled our ChatGPT plan months ago. Claude feels more like the promise of AI.

Sidhant Bendre canceled his ChatGPT business plan for Claude. Courtesy of Sidhant Bendre

Sidhant Bendre canceled his AI startup's ChatGPT subscription and switched to Claude last year.

He said Claude performs better and is among a wave of users switching over to Claude from ChatGPT.

ChatGPT's parent company, OpenAI, has missed revenue and user growth goals, according to reports.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sidhant Bendre, a 26-year-old cofounder of Oleve, an AI-driven consumer software portfolio company, based in New York.…